Alien Alliance by Honey Phillips

Author:Honey Phillips [Phillips, Honey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Honey Phillips
Published: 2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

They reached the flyers surprisingly quickly. T’chok assisted T’kol over several rockier patches but with the new cast, his leg didn’t seem to impede him much. Even Hisst seemed better able to keep up and had only slowed a little by the time they emerged on the road.

“You are sure you will not come with me, L’zabet?” T’chok asked, glaring at the other two warriors.

“I’m sure. Thank you for coming after me.” She hugged him and he returned it with a sigh.

“Of course. I will always come for you.” He looked at the two males waiting for her and his face hardened. “I will be behind you the entire way home.”

“Are you sure you can keep up?” she asked teasingly.

He shook his head. “T’kol, are you capable of flying?”

“Of course.”

“Thank the Ancestors. Let us hope there are no more unfortunate incidents along the way.” He watched until they were onboard, then waved a hand and turned to his own vessel.

She breathed a sigh of relief once he was out of sight. As much as she loved T’chok, his presence had definitely put a dent in the relationship she thought the three of them were building. They should probably discuss it, she thought as T’kol lifted the flyer smoothly into the air, but she didn’t quite have the courage. Instead, she focused on more practical matters.

“What’s going to happen now? I can’t take you both back to my house. I doubt T’chok would let either of you stay with me.”

“I’m sorry, my queen,” Hisst said. “I have no accommodations on Earth, and on our ship, I share a bunk room with other warriors.”

They both turned to look at T’kol. He sighed.

“You know my quarters are in the warriors’ barracks.”

“Yes, but at least they are private.” She remembered the stiff look on his face. “Unless… unless you don’t want us?”

“Of course, I want you, L’zabet.” He frowned at Hisst but there was no real disapproval on his face. “And I suppose the lizard comes too.”

“I certainly hope to come,” Hisst said, and Lizabet cracked up. Even T’kol smiled as he shook his head.

“My warriors are not going to know what to think,” he said as his face sobered.

“You’re the commander. Why are you worried?”

“Because it is important that my men respect me.”

“You think they’ll lose respect for you?” The prospect horrified her.

“I don’t know. You realize this goes against every tradition we have?”

“Should we stay apart?” she asked, her voice small. She couldn’t stand the thought that T’kol would lose the respect he had earned. Reality was quickly intruding on the mutual acceptance they had reached in the cave.

“No, my L’chka. I—we—are your males. I will not hide that. You will stay with me.”

“Perhaps I should stay with the Icluthian delegation,” Hisst volunteered. He clearly didn’t like the idea, but he didn’t hesitate.

T’kol paused and she held her breath, but then he shook his head. “It would only prolong the inevitable. If you are serious about this path, L’zabet, we should begin as we mean to continue.

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